गर्भवती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गर्भवती (garbhavatī), from गर्भ (garbha) +‎ -वत (-vata) +‎ -ई (-ī), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ- (“womb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəɾbʱ.ʋə.t̪iː/, /ɡəɾ.bʱ.ʋə.t̪iː/

Adjective

गर्भवती • (garbhavtī)

  1. pregnant
    • 1994, Khushwant Singh, Delhi, page 113:
      उसकी एक पसंदीदा प्यारी बेगम थी, जो हर वक़्त गर्भवती रहती थी।
      uskī ek pasandīdā pyārī begam thī, jo har vaqt garbhavtī rahtī thī.
      He had one favorite lovely wife, who was always pregnant.
    Synonym: गर्भिणी (garbhiṇī)
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